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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11441
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14459
13 Actual Demand 11165
14 Aggregate Planning 12089
15 Air Cargo 10020
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6606
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34797
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15305
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19143
20 Assembly Line 22234
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22913
22 Average Speed of Answer 26520
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23027
24 Batch Production 38236
25 Bill Discounting 14448
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11140
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7104
28 Blanket Release 9963
29 Bonded Warehouse 10026
30 Booking Number 13712
31 Bottleneck 9452
32 Buffer Stock 59098
33 Build to Stock 12884
34 Bullwhip Effect 9525
35 Business Logistics 25546
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12524
37 Capacity Management 40327
38 Capacity Utilization 14037
39 Capital Intensive 8351
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8661
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12065
42 Certified Supplier 8933
43 Channel Effectiveness 8893
44 Co-Destiny 9246
45 Co-managed Inventory 12412
46 Co-Packers 11720
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6814
48 Computer-Based Training 7657
49 Consular Invoice 19683
50 Container Depot 10564
51 Container Freight Station 10246
52 Continuous Replenishment 19414
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12026
54 Contract Carrier 7295
55 Contract of Affreightment 11372
56 Control Charts 7922
57 Cost Flow 10221
58 Courier Service 15171
59 CPFR 8177
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11737
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44018
62 Date Code 18142
63 Days of Supply 19763
64 Dead on Arrival 9184
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7268
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8062
67 Detective Control 8871
68 Devanning 14173
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10818
70 Dispatching 24376
71 Distributed Inventory 8310
72 Distribution Channel Management 34603
73 Distribution Metrics 9042
74 Distribution Planning 24138
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15153
76 Double Marginalization 52566
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22233
78 Dual 5408
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20549
80 Echelon Inventory 26126
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38203
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49538
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7572
84 Efficient Frontier 25381
85 Engineer-to-Order 31653
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16340
87 Erlang B Formula 9308
88 ETD 8286
89 Ex Works 7801
90 Exception Rate 13423
91 Exponential smoothing 9787
92 External Growth 10021
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9381
94 Field Services 7712
95 Field Warehouse 10262
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8705
97 Fishbone Diagram 14557
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26929
99 Flow Through Distribution 12261
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8125
101 FOB Destination 12971
102 Forward buying 30011
103 Freight Charge 10278
104 Freight Consolidation 7490
105 Gantt Chart 8257
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11672
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29505
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12630
109 Hub 23348
110 Idle Time 8025
 
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